Clayton vs Deerfield

A side-by-side comparison of Clayton and Deerfield: population, income, housing, and more.

Clayton and Deerfield are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Deerfield has the higher population (889 vs 215 in Clayton). Deerfield has the higher median household income ($73,462 vs $57,500 in Clayton). Deerfield has the higher median home value ($159,200 vs $83,300 in Clayton).

Population, income & housing

	Clayton	Deerfield
Population	215	889
Median age	36.6 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$57,500	$73,462
Median home value	$83,300	$159,200
Median gross rent	$1,000	$844
Housing units	79	400
Homeownership rate	75.7%	87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.4%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clayton	Deerfield
Population	334 → 215 (-35.6%)	1,052 → 889 (-15.5%)
Median household income	$47,083 → $57,500 (+22.1%)	$65,481 → $73,462 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$69,500 → $83,300 (+19.9%)	$120,400 → $159,200 (+32.2%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $1,000 (+17.6%)	$700 → $844 (+20.6%)

Clayton

Population

334215

Median household income

$47,083$57,500

Median home value

$69,500$83,300

Median gross rent

$850$1,000

Deerfield

Population

1,052889

Median household income

$65,481$73,462

Median home value

$120,400$159,200

Median gross rent

$700$844

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clayton	Deerfield
Under 5	6.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	27.0%	13.9%
18 to 24	3.3%	9.4%
25 to 34	12.1%	15.3%
35 to 44	13.5%	9.8%
45 to 54	12.6%	12.9%
55 to 64	11.6%	18.7%
65 to 74	7.9%	8.9%
75 and over	6.0%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clayton	Deerfield
White (non-Hispanic)	84.7%	95.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.2%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clayton	Deerfield
No high school diploma	16.1%	5.7%
High school graduate	44.5%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clayton	Deerfield
Drove alone	83.8%	89.8%
Carpooled	6.3%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.3%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	3.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clayton	Deerfield
1-unit, detached	91.1%	93.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	7.6%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clayton	Deerfield
Poverty rate	21.4%	8.9%
Average household size	2.91	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1938	1954